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, etichettare tmt v'oiLiN-E'Y M.y THOMAS, 50E BRANDON; memo-NT..

Leeg@ Patent N0.-`8o,315, dated. .my 28, 186s.

lmaovemznr 41N CULINARY APPARATUS."

havejinvented certain new and useful Improvements n CnlinaryiApparatus;4and El do'herby declare that the following is 'a full', clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had 4to theaccompanying-drawings, making a part of this specification, in'which-Figui-e 1 is a vertical side'vev'v, with the side oi the steam-chamberopen,` so asfto show the conducting-pipe.

Figure4 2, a horizontal plan, showing the position of the grate. Figuire3, a perspective view of-Ztheg'grate.-

' Figure f1, a section, showing th'e position ofthe grate inside thesteamer; and

Figure 5ani outside view of -the steamer wi't'hfthe cover on.,-

. This invention' consists in providing'a steamer, ifor'steaming breador other food, constrnctedlsoast'o f itintoj, Q- ,an 'open tealettle,`and 'conduct the steam from the boiling water therein to the interior othe steamer, where the food is placed; also to4 'collect the waterofcondensation, and prevent its vrunning back in'to the liettle,v

`also in providing; raised'grate,'upen which to place the food to besteamed. ,Inthe drawings, -A yis the main body of' the steamer, and mayb e called the steam-chamber. D is ythe conducting-pipe or cylinder,which conveys the steam from thekettle -to the steam-chamber A, and isclosed at4 the top, but perforated near the top, to let the steampassinto the steam-chamber. I' This conducting-pipe, is

inserted into the bottom oi' the steam-chamber,- projecting. above andbelow, and is soldered tight', so that the bottom of steam-chamber .ALmay be water-tight.

The grate G, having legs L L and handlesh h, lits into the.steam-chamberA, immediately over the top y of the conducting-pipe D. 4i i,

l lWhen the steamer is placed over thekettle of boiling water, with thelid d-(iig. 5).on, the'steam passes up through the conductng-pipe D, andout'of 'the perforations, near' the top thereofnto theA steam-chamber'A, `where it comes in-conta'ct with the food.

l The water ofcondensaton, instead' ofrnnuing back inte the'teni-kettle, and cnrry'ingwith it thejmpurities arising fromthe'cookngfood, settles upon the bottom of the steam-chamber A. 'v l lThe grate G raises the food above the v conducting-pipe D,'where thesteam may act freely upon all-sides ofL it,and is so constructed that itmay easily be taken out and kept perfectly-clean'.

Having thus described my invention,.what I claim, and desire to securehy Letters Patent, 1s-.

. The arrangement and combination ofl the steam-chamber A.,conducting-pipe "D, and grateG, when con- Y `strncted and operatingsubstantially as and for thepurposes Iherein set forth.

VOLNEY MRTHOMASQ Witnesses: Geenen Wann, J. Q.' HAwxIN`s.'

